Benfica could unravel Barça's problem with Umtiti

Samuel Umtiti decided the past summer not to surrender in his obstinacy to be important in the FC Barcelona. The French was one of the descartes that signalled Joan Laporta​, but in spite of this preferred to remain in the group barcelonista. Thus, the Frenchman worked more than ever these past holidays to be able to arrive to the pre-season in the best possible form, something that achieved, but that finish not to costing him for nothing to eyes of Ronald Koeman.

Eric García, Gerard Hammered, Ronald Araújo, Clément Lenglet and even Óscar Mingueza have been up to now by in front of the of Yaoundé in the rotation of defenders. The Frenchman has not debuted still this campaign and is unpublished, something that does even more complicated 'plant him' in the market. The arrival of Xavi Hernández​ to the bench of the Camp Nou could do that his situation change, although it does not expect that the egarense go him to plant by in front of Eric, Araújo or Hammered.

Luckily, in spite of not playing and in spite of his problematic record of injuries these last years, in Europe Umtiti still has some poster. It is therefore by what the Benfica, that already interested by him in summer, could be going back to think in him now. This would be due to the grave injury of the central headline of the picture luso, Lucas Veríssimo, that the past Sunday broke the crusader of the knee. The Brazilian, that was doing a temporadón in Lisbon, will have to go through the operating theatre and will not play until the course that comes.

Pedro Almeida, journalist of the surroundings of the group lisboeta, ensures that the 'eagles' pretend fichar a relief for the one of Sao Paulo in the market of winter. The favourite would be 'Big Sam', to the that follow attentively from does time and by which says that they offered 10 million euros does some months. In this moment, the defender said "no", but can that now the Portuguese have more luck.

Umtiti Could apurar his options with Xavi

The Barcelona would be relieved in case that the interest of the Benfica confirmed , although it seems that the defender prefers to exhaust all his options to triumph in the City Condal. The arrival of Xavi gives him something of hope and everything indicates that apurará until final of campaign before posing an exit. Nevertheless, just in case the Barça will speak with emissaries of the picture of Lisbon taking advantage of the 'final' of Champions League that will have both teams inside two weeks.